Hose-winding apparatus



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J. MURPHY. HOSE WINDING APPARATUS.

No. 391,908. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

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JOHN h'lURPH Y, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOSE-WINDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,908, dated @ctober30, 1888.

Application filed June fifi, 1888. Serial No. 278.467. (No model.)

To alZ whom 251$ may concern:

Be it known that l, JoHN MURPHY, a citi zen ofthc United States,residing in Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Winding Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates specially to the provision and arrangement of meanswhereby the hose to be wound is brought to a longitudinal strain, woundwith wire and then released, so fixing the position of the wire aboutthe hose that it will remain permanently fixed under any and allcircumstances, conditions, and lengths.

My improvements consist in the construction and arrangement of the abovementioned means, and in the combination of the several parts andportions or their equivalents, as hereinafter shown and specified.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent side,,front, plan, andrear views of a machine embodying my improvements.

Similar letters of reference designate like parts in all the figures.

The letter A designates a hollow central op crating-shaft, through whichthe hose passes as it is wound.

B designates'a bearing-bracket supporting the end of the hollow sh aftand its attachments, and keeping all movements central and undercomplete control.

C designates a fixed gear-wheel, preferably attached directly to saidbracket B.

. D designates a crank wheel or arm attached to the end of hollow shaftA, and supporting all the moving parts effecting the winding of thehose.

E designates a gear-wheel adapted to engage with and revolve about thefixed wheel 0.

F designates a bearing hub for the gearwheel E.

E is the shaft of wheel E, at the opposite end of which is attached aworm, G.

H H designate a pair of worm wheels engaging with and operated by theworm G.

J J designate a pair of bearings attached to crank-wheel D, either in afixed or adjustable position, through which the axles or shafts of theworm-wheels H H pass. At the opposite end of these axles or shafts(designated by K) are attached a pair of grip-wheels, L L. More than twomay be used; but preference is given to that number. These wheels L Lare adapted to grasp the hose and control its whole movement, turning itupon its own longitudinal axis, as well as moving it longitudinally, tosuit the required pitch at which the wire isto be wound.

\Vhere the apparatus is made to suit only a single diameter of hose, thebearings J J are adjusted to a permanently-fixed position central withthe hollow shaft; but where a single apparatus is intended to wind allof the varying sizes of hose they are made adjustable toward or from thecenter of hollow shaft, and a rod, M, and associate right and left handnuts m and m is the preferred method of effecting such adjustments.These nuts in and m are pivoted upon the bearings J J, to accommodatethemselves to varying adjustments.

A special controlling lug or collar, N, is attached to crank-wheel D, toeffect an exact central adjustment of the rod M and the grip wheelbearings J J. These bearings J J are also preferably suspended bycollars J J from the worm -shaft, and radial-faced guides are formedupon crank wheel D for additional means of adjustment and security. Asingle bolt, I, holds each of the bearings and gripwheels to a fixedadjustment. These bolts P move in slots 0 O, and are screwed tight tohold all the parts to a rigid position with reference to each other.

Q designates a guide sleeve or tube, through which both wire and hoseare fed. It may be threaded or not, as desired. A special tube, 19, isattached to guide-sleeve Q, through which the wire is passed to thesleeve. At 1) the wire is shown passing to this small tube 19. At R thehose is shown passing toward the sleeve Q, and at S a portion of thewound hose is shown.

In the regular operation of this device, as shown, power is applied torevolve the shaft A and its attached crank-wheel D. Pinion E, beingattached to this crank-wheel D and engaging with the fixed wheel G, iscaused to revolve upon its own shaft or axis while it is moving aroundwheel 0. The revolution of wheel E about its-own shaft or axis effectsthe ICO revolution of worm G, attached to the same shaft, E, and worm G,engaging with wormwheels H H, effects their revolution, as well as thatof the grip-wheels L L, in an inward direction toward the crank-arm D,as shown by the arrows in Fig. 3, while at the same rollers upon theirown axis, and by their additional revolution about the axis of the ma:chine, the hose is revolved upon its own longitudinal axis, and isadvanced sufficiently in a longitudinal direction to effect a regularpitch in the winding, as may be desired.

The feed-sleeve Q is bored to a snug fit of the combined hose and wiresufficient to effect a slight strain upon both by reason of the grip andpull of the apparatus upon the hose while being wound. The proportionsof the operating-gears, worms, and worm-wheels or their equivalents arevariable to suit the re quired pitch of the winding.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hose-winding apparatus, the combi nation of the grip-rollers LLand mechanism, substantially as set forth, whereby said grip rollers maybe revolved each upon its own axis and both upon the central axis of thema chine, substantially as and for purposes specified.

2. In a hose-winding apparatus, the combination of the adjustablegriprollers L L and mechanism, substantially as set forth, whereby saidadjustable grip-rollers may be revolved each upon its own axis and bothupon the central axis of the machine, substantially as and for purposesspecified.

3. In a hose-winding apparatus, the guidesleeve Q, in combination withmeans, substam tially as set forth, for revolving the hose to be woundand drawing it with the wire through said sleeve both at one and thesame time.

4. In a hosewinding apparatus, in combination with the grip-rollers L L,bearings J J, worm-wheels H, worm G, crank arm or wheel D, havingbearing F attached thereto, pinion E, gear-wheel O, and the hollow shaftA, substantially as and for purposesset forth.

5. In a hose-winding apparatus, in combination with the grip-rollcrs L Land bearings J J, an adjust-ingrod, M, adapted to increase or decreasethe distance between said griprollers to suit the size of hose to betreated, substantially as set forth.

6. In a hose-winding apparatus, in combination with the grip-rollers L Land bearings J J, adjusting rods M, worm-wheels H H, worm G, crank-wheelD, provided with bearing F, pinion E, gear-wheel O, and hollow0peratingshaft A, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

7. In a hose-winding apparatus, in combination with the sleeve Q, thegrip-rollers L L, bearings J J, wornrwheels H H, worm G, crank arm orwheel D, having bearing F attached thereto, pinion E, gear-wheel C, andhollow operating-shaft A, substantially as and for purposes set forth.

8. In a hose-winding apparatus, in combination with the feed-sleeve Q,the grip-rollers L L, bearings J J, adj usting-rod llI, wormwheels H H,worm G, crank arm or wheel D, having bearing F attached thereto, pinionE, gear-wheel O, and hollow operating-shaft A, substantially as and forpurposes specified.

JOI-IN MURPHY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. WEIGHTMAN, MATTHEW HAWE.

